The young will no longer be advised by the old," she said…

“Never forget I am old,” she said. “What does that mean, Mummy-ji?” “Didn’t you know? Old is gold, na.”

— Tarquin Hall

“I’m little but I’m old,” he said.”

— Anonymous

I wrote to the local news guy when I was 12 years old. I said, 'What do I need to do to be you…

— David Muir

The truth is I'm getting old, I said. We already are old, she said with a sigh. What happens is that you don't feel…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“I'm a thousand years old,' Fire said, 'just like you.' 'Hmm,' Brigan said. He didn't ask her what she meant, which was for the…

— Kristin Cashore

“I laughed, “I’m still the same plain old Will – just like I’ve always been.” He shook his head, his face serious, “There’s nothing…

— Heather Mar-Gerrison

Even at the time—twenty years old—I said to myself: better to go hungry, to go to prison, to be a tramp, than to sit…

— Isaac Babel

“Actions speak louder than words,” Clarice sneered. “That’s just an old saying.” “If it weren’t true, it wouldn’t have had time to grow old,”…

— Margaret Lashley

“Oh, to be old again,” said the young corpse.”

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

My father was never proud of me. One day he asked me, How old are you? I said, I'm five. He said, When I…

— Ritu Ghatourey

“Parker, I'm old," She said matter-of-factly. "I get away with these things." She continued to wave and smile wildly. "People treat me like an…

— Abby Slovin

“You'll never live to be as old as me,", he said. "Whatever you think of doing, I've already done it. Wherever you think of…

— Miroslav Penkov

“Nowadays it seems you learn only what is reasonable and relevant. I went to Rome with a young friend, educated on the latest lines,…

— Jane Ellen Harrison

“You don't stop running because you get old', said the Demon. 'You get old because you stop running.”

— Christopher McDougall

“My dear Mrs. Ali, I would hardly refer to you as old," he said. "You are in what I would call the very prime…

— Helen Simonson